[Amps] Pulse tuning

[Bill, W6WRT]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:58:55 +0800, Alek Petkovic <vk6apk at bigpond.com>
wrote:

>
>Surely, with pulse tuning, you are getting the duty cycle as close as 
>possible to ssb conditions. Therefore you are tuning your amplifier 
>to the absolute optimum level.

REPLY:

And what is the duty cycle for SSB?  50%?  60%?  85%?  The problem is
you can't know because it all depends on your voice characteristics and
how loud you talk at a particular moment. 

By tuning up at 100% those questions become irrelevant and your amp is
happy. 

Bill, W6WRT